Hand protector



Dec. 13, 1938. D. M. KESSLER HAND PROTECTOR Filed May 20, 1936 /700719.l essZef M Patented Dec. 13, 1938 HAND PROTECTOR Dorothy Moore Kesslcr,Chicago, Ill., assignor to.

Mary Redfield, Chicago, Ill.

Application May 20, 1936, Serial No. 80,778

4 Claims.

My invention relates to the general class of baby mittens and moreparticularly to a device for preventing babies from sucking their thumbsor fingers.

' One of the objects of the invention is to pro- A further object is toprovide an attractive device of the kind described which at all timesmay be kept clean and sanitary, and which when made in the proper sizes-may be used as a surgical mitten for children or adults.

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangementand combination of parts herein shown and described and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters denote like orcorresponding parts:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the mitten positioned on the infantshand; I

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the mitten disclosing the detailsthereof;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 8-6 of Fi 2.

Referring to the drawing, the mitten comprises a fabric palm section 8and a back section 2, preferably of an oiled or otherwise treated silkor other light, water-proof or moisture resisting material, saidsections being shown stitched together along the edges 3, 4, 5 and 9 toform a pocket or pouch. Obviously, the pouch could be constructed in onepiece by folding the material along one of the edges and stitching,cementing or otherwise securing the other edges to form the pocket. Thelatter is divided into a fingerreceiving portion and a thumb-receivingportion 7 by the parallel seams 8. The edge 9 adjacent the thumb tip iscut on the diagonal as shown in Fig. 2 or rounded, thus eliminating thesharp corner that would otherwise be formed by the edges 3 and 5 whichwould tend to make the thumb portion bulky and clumsy. A stiffeningmember ID- of celluloid or other suitable material may be insertedbetween the seams 8 to assist in'retaining the shape and also to beter'pre- 7 vent the baby from putting its thumb in its mouth. In someinstances additional reinforce- .ments may be employed, or the materialitself may be folded or tucked to stifien the same- As this part of thedeviceis of a water-proof material, eyelets H are provided to allow theair 5 to enter and ventilate the mitten. Sewed eyelets are preferred tometal eyelets- A wrist section l2 of net or other light weight flexiblematerial is attached to the open edges I 3 of the pocket formed by thesections 1 and 10 2 as described, the edge M of the net being turnedunder as shown (Fig. 4) to reenforce the scam, the opposite edge of thewrist section being folded in as shown at l5 and stitched back on itselfat E6 and also at I! to form a casing for the 15 ribbon or tape H3. Theends IQ of the wrist section are turned in to avoid having ragged andunsightly edges.

In use a mitten of the proper size is slipped over the babys hand, thefingers entering the '0 portion 6 and the thumb the portion 1 afterwhich the net wrist section 12 is drawn together about the wrist of thebaby and the ends of the tape tied to maintain the device on the babyshand.

In this construction, a light and airy mitten is 25 formed which willefiectively prevent the baby from putting its finger or thumbs in itsmouth but which will not annoy or disturb the baby as would be the casewith a heavier device.

The child may use the hands without being 30 handicapped, since thelight, flexible, comfortable device herein shown and described does notin any way interfere with the handling of its toys, utensils or variousobjects. These may be grasped as freely as if the hands and fingers 35were uncovered, thereby permitting the normal growth of the child.

Due to its fabric construction, which is preferred to rubber, the mittencan be readily washed and cleaned so that it may be main- 40 tained in asanitary condition at all times.

The mitten also prevents the child picking on or scratching its face orears, or picking the same, or accidentally sticking a finger in an eye,or putting the finger in the nose. Likewise it 45 may be used toadvantage where there is skin disease, to prevent the spread of the sameby the hands, or to enclose hand or finger bandages. Being ventilated,it is cool and comfortable. As previously mentioned, it is verysatisfactory for 50 use in surgical cases, to enclose the hand andmaintaindressings in place without the use of tape or tight wrappings.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that variousimmaterial modifications may 55 .be made in the same without departingfrom the spirit of my invention; hence I do not wish to be understood aslimiting myself to the exact form, construction, material, arrangementand combination of parts herein shown and described,

or uses mentioned.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l; A mitten comprising a substantially flat m hand-receiving pocket offlexible moisture resisting fabric, a wrist section of light,nonwaterproof material attached thereto, and a tape running through saidwrist portion adapted to secure the latter when in use.

2. A baby mitten comprising a moisture proofed fingers, comprising afabric palm section and a fabric back section stitched together alongall of their corresponding edges but one, to form a pocket, said pocketbeing divided into a fingerreceiving portion and a smallerthumb-receiving portion, a wrist section of lighter material having oneedge thereof attached to the free edges of said pocket and having theopposite edge of said section folded back upon itself to form a casingand a tape running through said casing for drawing said wrist sectiontogether.

4. A baby mitten comprising a fabric palm section and a fabric backsection stitched together along all of their corresponding edges butone, to form a pocket, said pocket being divided by parallel rows ofstitching into a finger-receiving portion and a smaller thumb-receivingportion, a stiffening member arranged between said rows of stitching, awrist section of lighter material attached to the free edges of saidpocket, and a tape running through said wrist section for securing thelatter to the hand.

DOROTHY MOORE KESSLER.

